Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
What's Your Favorite Song of the Summer From the 21st Century? Vote!
billboard.comBillboard has yet to announce which smash will officially be crowned the Song of the Summer 2020, we reflected on the past 20 years of hits that turned up the heat.Nelly topped our critics' picks with his 2002 club banger "Hot in Herre," a quintessential summertime ode that rolls through all kinds of heatwaves but only cranks up the intensity with the "ah ah" groans.Usher, Katy Perry and Drake are the only three lead artists to notch more than one Song of the Summer: Usher reigned in 2001 with "U Remind Me" and again in 2004 with "Confessions Part II," Perry went from "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008 to "California Girls" featuring Snoop Dogg in 2010, and Drake didn't stop with "One Dance" featuring WizKid and Kyla in 2016 because he had fans "In.
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